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The BoomCast developed with 3D printing technology is a custom-fitting cast that can be adjusted to enable air travel while still being strong enough to bear weight.
Single-Leg Casts Sufficient to Heal for Youngest Hip and Thigh Fracture Patients
Age-old practice of casting both legs in kids with hip and thigh fractures is being contested by study demonstrating that such fractures heal just as well in single-leg casts.
Age-old practice of casting both legs in kids with hip and thigh fractures is being contested by study demonstrating that such fractures heal just as well in single-leg casts.
Mike North is familiar face to many and you might know him from the Science Channel's ‘Outrageous Acts of Science’ or his ‘In The Making’ series on YouTube.
The energetic and active inventor recently broke his fibula and was immediately confronted with the limitations of casts.
Austrian Researchers Create World�s First Prosthetic Leg With Real Sense of Feeling
The new prosthetic leg is capable of stimulating the feelings of a real limb to the wearer and also helps fight phantom limb pain.
The new prosthetic leg is capable of stimulating the feelings of a real limb to the wearer and also helps fight phantom limb pain.
He also developed a very interesting concept, the BoomCast. Based on a scan of the inventor’s own leg, the BoomCast is a custom-fitting cast that can be adjusted to enable air travel while still being strong enough to bear weight. As the name implies, the BoomCast has a boombox built right in.
Students Develop Energy Generating Leg Brace to Power Artificial Hearts
The leg brace generates power every time you bend your knee. The energy is stored in a lithium-ion battery, which is used to supply energy to artificial hearts.
The leg brace generates power every time you bend your knee. The energy is stored in a lithium-ion battery, which is used to supply energy to artificial hearts.
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World's First 'Stimulating Real Feelings' Leg Prosthesis Offers Hope to Amputees
Professor Hubert Egger at the University of Linz in northern Austria developed the first artificial leg capable of simulating the feelings of a real limb.
Professor Hubert Egger at the University of Linz in northern Austria developed the first artificial leg capable of simulating the feelings of a real limb.
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